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Temple at Uppsala. A woodcut depicting the Temple at Uppsala as described by Adam of Bremen, including the golden chain around the temple, the well and the tree, from Olaus Magnus ' Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555). The Temple at Uppsala was long held to be a religious center in the Norse religion once located at what is now Gamla ...
- Norse Cosmography & Religious Rites
- Adam of Bremen’s Description
- Reliability of Account
- Sacred Center
- Conclusion
In Norse belief, the visible world (Midgard) was only one of nine realms existing among the roots of the World Tree Yggdrasil. The Nine Realms were developed from an earlier vision by Sturluson, who added Heland combined Nidavellir/Svartalfheim so that, by the 13th century, they were: 1. Asgard– Realm of the Aesir, joined to Midgard by the rainbow ...
Adam of Bremen’s account of the Uppsala temple is far more detailed than other references to the site but, as he was writing from a religious understanding he felt was superior to paganism, includes only what serves his needs. Adam was not trying to provide an objective report on the temple, or the rites observed there, but to show how inferior the...
Adam’s account is thought to be derived from a second-hand source, and few scholars accept the whole of it. It has been suggested that Adam wrote his description largely from his own imagination from meager details received from a Christian he met during his travels. Although some scholars accept the validity of the 72 bodies hanging from trees, th...
The site was most likely chosen by adherents of the Norse religion for its spiritual resonance and may have been seen as a nexus between the seen and unseen realms. Scholar H. D. Ellis Davidson notes how the tree at Uppsala was a reflection of Yggdrasil and part of a sacred grove often associated with pre-Christian Norse rituals which were observed...
Burials at the site also suggest it was understood as a sacred center as there were once nearly 3,000 mounds and cairns located in and around Uppsala, most now destroyed by development. The Royal Mounds, whose image has become synonymous with the site (and with Sweden), were originally considered the tombs of Thor, Odin, and Freyr before the 19th c...
- Joshua J. Mark
Uppsala Cathedral (Swedish: Uppsala domkyrka ⓘ) is a cathedral located between the University Hall of Uppsala University and the Fyris river in the centre of Uppsala, Sweden. A church of the Church of Sweden, the national church, in the Lutheran tradition, Uppsala Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, the primate of
Aug 13, 2022 · The temple played an important part in the mixing of church and state affairs and, according to recent archaeological findings, was perhaps the biggest structure north of the Alps before its destruction in the late 11th century.
Five (U978, U979, U980, U981 and U986) are in immediate association with the church and the vicarage of Gamla Uppsala, i.e. the area of the cult site. The information from these inscriptions actually harmonizes with Adam's account.
May 8, 2020 · The twin towers at the west end of the church were first mentioned in 1563. Several important persons have been buried in Uppsala Cathedral, among them King Gustav Vasa and King Johan III of the 16th century and their queens.
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Dec 3, 2016 · Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village 5km north of Uppsala, Sweden. It was an important religious, economic and political center. In the third and fourth centuries AD, before the arrival of Christianity, Gamla Uppsala was one of the most important sacred sites in Scandinavia.
